The struggle goes on in 21st century London as the updated team of Sherlock
Holmes and Dr. Watson battle the worst that modern criminality has to offer, including a computer-savvy arch-villain who wants to
rule the world.

MASTERPIECE MYSERY!
presents Sherlock, Series 2,
airing in three thrilling episodes on Sundays, May 6, 13, and 20, 8 to 9:30 p.m. on WTVP-HD. Benedict Cumberbatch (War Horse,
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) returns as the world’s foremost consulting detective, with Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The
Office UK) as the stalwart, if edgy, Dr. John Watson, and Andrew Scott (Lennon Naked) as the unassuming mastermind of evil,
Jim Moriarty.

Guest stars for the new season include Lara Pulver (True Blood) as Irene Adler, the only woman who
ever kindled the embers of passion in Holmes; and Russell Tovey (Little Dorrit) as the character who speaks the
immortal line, “Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!” Except the hound he means is not just big…

Each of the three episodes in the new season is pegged to a classic Sherlock Holmes story by Arthur Conan
Doyle—delightfully, weirdly, wittily, and briskly updated, of course:

A Scandal in Belgravia—(May 6, 8 p.m.)
Picking up from last season’s gripping conclusion, Sherlock and Watson are plunged into a case of blackmail involving crafty
dominatrix Irene Adler, whose motto is “know when you are beaten.” It seems she has incriminating photos of a session with a
British royal. Can she outsmart Sherlock at his own game—and at a battle he is ill prepared to wage: love?

The Hounds of Baskerville—(May 13, 8 p.m.)
Sherlock and Watson pursue the trail of the Baskerville experiments—top-secret government research on genetically engineered
gigantic animals for military use. Or so it is rumored. Whatever the truth, something big is up on the moors.

The Reichenbach Fall—(May 20, 8 p.m.)
In what may be the climatic case of his career, Sherlock faces Moriarty’s diabolical plot to “get Sherlock,” which begins
innocently enough when the criminal mastermind breaks into the Crown Jewels. As the scheme unfolds, Moriarty poses the “final
problem,” and a tabloid reporter reveals the “shocking truth” about the great detective.

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Sherlock, Series 2
is a Hartswood Films Production for BBC Wales, co-produced with
MASTERPIECE. It
was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, and inspired by the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The director is Paul
McGuigan (A Scandal in Belgravia, The Hounds of Baskerville) and Toby Haynes (The Reichenbach Fall).
The screenwriters are Steven Moffat (The Scandal in Belgravia), Mark Gatiss (The Hounds of Baskerville)
and Steve Thompson (The Reichenbach Fall). The series producer is Sue Vertue.The executive producers are Beryl
Vertue, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, and Rebecca Eaton for MASTERPIECE on PBS.

MASTERPIECE is presented on PBS by WGBH Boston. Rebecca Eaton is Executive Producer. Funding for the series
is provided by Viking River Cruises, with additional support from public television viewers and contributors to The
MASTERPIECE Trust, created to help ensure the series’ future.